Supreme Court Judgments & case laws in India

Supreme Court Judgments & Case laws

Medical Negligence judgments, An estimated 7.5 million unnecessary medical and surgical procedures are performed each year. Women are also habitually subjected to Caesarean operations, despite they do not really need.

Consumer Protection Act was enacted in 1986 as to protect consumer. The Consumer Protection Bill, 1986 seeks to provide for better protection of the interests of consumers and for the purpose, to make provision for the establishment of Consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumer disputes and for matter connected therewith....

Section 122 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 defines ''GIFT'' as a voluntary transfer of personal property without consideration. A parting by owner with property without pecuniary consideration. A voluntary conveyance of land, or transfer of goods, rom one person to another, made gratuitously, and not upon any consideration of blood or money...

suppose A is an industrialist and he wants to build a factory and for this he hires a person B to get the job done. This person B hires other people X, Y and Z to build the factory. Now it is not necessary that X, Y and Z should be hired by B with the permission of A. A may not even know about this contract but B acting as a mediator has got into a contract with other people to get A’s work done. These people X, Y and Z who have no direct contact or relationship with A are the contract labourers.

Landmark Judgments

s regarded as one of the benchmarks in the constitutional jurisprudence of India. This case in a way a unique one as it re-clarifies various doubts arose out of Keshavananda Bharati case. It has set up a clear line of demarcation to avoid all kind of future doubts also....

the court said-“it is obvious that Art. 21, though couched in negative language, confers the fundamental right to life and personal liberty.” According to Indian Supreme Court-- "All Human Rights are derived from the dignity of the person and his inherent worth.

Gopalan contended that detention deprived him of his right to personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21; that personal liberty under Article 21 included all the freedoms conferred by Article 19(1) (a) to (g); that it included the right of free movement conferred by Article 19 (1) (d) because freedom of movement was the essence of personal liberty and, therefore, the Prevention of Detention Act of 1950 should also satisfy the requirements of Articles 19(1); and that Article 19(1) dealt with substantive rights and Article 21 with procedural rights.

More popularly known as the Olium gas leak case, this is a Public Interest Litigation regarding the establishment of enterprises involved in hazardous works in thickly populated areas in the light of the Olium gas leak.

Muslims in India are governed by The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937. It directs the application of Muslim Personal Law to Muslims in marriage, mahr (dower), divorce, maintenance, gifts, waqf, wills and inheritance.[83] The courts generally apply the Hanafi Sunni law for Sunnis, Shia Muslims are independent of Sunni law for those areas where Shia law differs substantially from Sunni practice. The Indian constitution provides equal rights to all citizens irrespective of their religion. Article 44 of the constitution recommends a Uniform civil code. However, the attempts by successive political leadership in the country to integrate Indian society under common civil code is strongly resisted and is viewed by Indian Muslims as an attempt to dilute the cultural identity of the minority groups of the country. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board was established for the protection and continued applicability of Muslim Personal Law...

Hindu law in its current usage refers to the system of personal laws, marriage, adoption, inheritance, applied to Hindus, especially in India. Modern Hindu law is thus a part of the law of India established by the Constitution of India (1950)...